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      July 22nd, 2008 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      Do you hate the distracting ads that appear on the side of CNN.com and the like showing dancing people or suggesting that you shave the legs of the hairy lady, or slap the belly of the sumo wrestler in order to get great new rates on your mortgage?

      Firefox has an awesome ad blocker which just covers those ads up. So if you’re using Firefox, you can click here. This will take you to the Ad Blocker download page and will guide you through the rest of the setup.

      And no, Schenk, it doesn’t hide my ads.

      Authored by: mike d.

      Mosquitoes

      July 22nd, 2008 by mike d. in Weekend Update!

      This weekend the Mosquitoes hit up my elbows like they were buffet tables. Perhaps it’s because I can’t carefully monitor my elbows like I can my forearms, or perhaps it’s because I’m flawed when it comes to bug-spray application, or perhaps… perhaps my elbows are just really tasty… Whatever the reason, my elbows were annihilated this weekend. First at Astronomy night, then at Dave’s sister Amy’s birthday bbq, and finally during Sunday’s climbing.

      My left elbow took nine hits. My right? eleven. And they itch like you wouldn’t believe. Sure, my ankles got one or two, and my right hand got a frustrating one right on the knuckle… but those are nothing in comparison to my elbows.

      Curse you mosquitoes. Curse you.

      Authored by: mike d.

      Marionette!

      July 22nd, 2008 by mike d. in Features

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      Paul Scott has been working on this Marionette. Each line is controlled by a little servo motor which kicks depending on how you use a little side program. This particular dance sequence is to Stayin’ Alive.


      Dancing Marionette from mikedidonato on Vimeo.

      I may have to see if I can get Paul to record another video showing the behind the scenes work. Watching the servos and looking at the software is equally as fun.

      Great job Paul! It came out awesome!

      Authored by: mike d.
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